Asian Nations and Multinationals

Bernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan is Jean Monnet Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland and International Research Fellow at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.Jacques Jaussaud is Professor of Management at the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, France.M. Bruna Zolin is Professor at Ca’ Foscari University, Department of Economics, Venice, Italy.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Trade Issues and International Business Strategies.- Chapter 2: Free Trade Agreements and Responsible Business: Examples from the EU’s Bilateral Agreements in East and Southeast Asia.- Chapter 3: Control and Coordination of Chinese Subsidiaries in  France.- Chapter 4: Understanding the Evolution of the World Trade Network: An Analytic Network Process Framework.- Part II: International Trade, Agriculture, Food Supply and Sustainable Development.- Chapter 5: EU Enlargement: The Impact on Agricultural and Food Exports from Selected Asian Countries to the EU market – A Gravity Approach.- Chapter 6: Asian Palm Oil Production and Vegetable Oil Market: What can we Learn in terms of Sustainability?.- Chapter 7: Does Knowledge Interaction with Universities Enhance Firms’ Innovative Capabilities?: Evidence from the Food-Processing Industry in Thailand.- Part III: Firms and Societies in Asia Facing New Challenges.- Chapter 8: The Great East Japan Earthquake’s Effects on Electric Power Companies Financial Situation.- Chapter 9: Impact of the Trump Administration on the Economies of the Greater China Region.- Chapter 10: Microfinance in South-East Asia: The Case of Vietnam over the Period 2005-2015.- Chapter 11: Staffing of French MNCs in Asia: The Roles of Long-Term Expatriates versus Short-Term Assignees.- Chapter 12: Overall conclusion.